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T(1) Relaxation Time in Lungs of Asymptomatic Smokers

PURPOSE: Interest in using T(1) as a potential MRI biomarker of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has recently increased. Since tobacco smoking is the major risk factor for development of COPD, the aim for this study was to examine whether tobacco smoking, pack-years (PY), influenced T(1)...

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Autores principales: Alamidi, Daniel F., Kindvall, Simon S. I., Hubbard Cristinacce, Penny L., McGrath, Deirdre M., Young, Simon S., Naish, Josephine H., Waterton, John C., Wollmer, Per, Diaz, Sandra, Olsson, Marita, Hockings, Paul D., Lagerstrand, Kerstin M., Parker, Geoffrey J. M., Olsson, Lars E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149760